- transorbital lobotomy
- prefrontal lobotomy performed by way of the orbital plate; called also transorbital leukotomy.
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transorbital lobotomy
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transorbital lobotomy — noun a method of performing prefrontal lobotomy in which the surgical knife is inserted above the eyeball and moved to cut brain fibers • Hypernyms: ↑lobotomy, ↑leukotomy, ↑leucotomy, ↑prefrontal lobotomy, ↑prefrontal leukotomy, ↑prefrontal… … Useful english dictionary
Lobotomy — A lobotomy (Greek: lobos: Lobe of brain, tomos: cut/slice ) is a form of psychosurgery, also known as a leukotomy or leucotomy (from Greek leukos: clear or white and tomos meaning cut/slice ). It consists of cutting the connections to and from… … Wikipedia
Lobotomy — (from 1935) Also called leukotomy. Although the Swiss psychiatrist and asylum director Gottlieb Burckhardt (1836–1907) had earlier made some tentative and quite unsuccessful efforts at operating on the brain for psychiatric indications (see … Historical dictionary of Psychiatry
lobotomy — /leuh bot euh mee, loh /, n., pl. lobotomies. Surg. 1. the operation of cutting into a lobe, as of the brain or the lung. 2. See prefrontal lobotomy. * * * Surgical procedure in which nerve pathways in a lobe or lobes of the brain are severed… … Universalium
transorbital — (ˈ)tran(t)s, raan , nz+ adjective Etymology: trans + orbit + al : passing through or occurring by way of the eye socket a transorbital lobotomy … Useful english dictionary
lobotomy — 1. Incision into a lobe. 2. Division of one or more nerve tracts in a lobe of the cerebrum. [G. lobos, lobe, + tome, a cutting] prefrontal l. division of one or more nerve tracts in the prefrontal … Medical dictionary
transorbital leukotomy — see under lobotomy … Medical dictionary
prefrontal lobotomy — noun surgical interruption of nerve tracts to and from the frontal lobe of the brain; often results in marked cognitive and personality changes • Syn: ↑lobotomy, ↑leukotomy, ↑leucotomy, ↑prefrontal leukotomy, ↑prefrontal leucotomy, ↑frontal… … Useful english dictionary
frontal lobotomy — noun surgical interruption of nerve tracts to and from the frontal lobe of the brain; often results in marked cognitive and personality changes • Syn: ↑lobotomy, ↑leukotomy, ↑leucotomy, ↑prefrontal lobotomy, ↑prefrontal leukotomy, ↑prefrontal… … Useful english dictionary
ice-pick lobotomy — noun transorbital lobotomy … Wiktionary
